Regional High-Level US Delegation Tours Asia to Promote US Education Led by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, a delegation of 12 U.S. college presidents toured Asia for seven days in November to discourage lingering perceptions that the United States has become unwelcoming of foreign students…
Regional Mercosur Countries Consider the Formation of a Regional University The South American regional organization Mercosur — a customs union between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru — is considering a proposal to form a regional university that would consist…
China’s system of higher education has its modern-day roots in reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping soon after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. Characterized by a reform agenda known as the Four Modernizations, Deng’s policies began a process that current higher education policymakers hope…
Regional OECD Figures Show that the Number of International Students Worldwide is Nearing 3 Million In the 2006 edition of its annual “Education at a Glance” report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that between 2003 and 2004 the number of students obtaining…
Aug. 10, 2006 Reprinted from The Economist print edition. An education policy torn between the market and the state The students at Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College, in the quiet rural town of Longhu, in the central province of Henan, are among the most…